A shout of joy escaped them as they recognized Phil and Tom again.
“I wonder how they felt when they saw us drifting,” said Bruce.
“They must have given us up for lost.”
“1 wonder whether they expected that we would raise the sails.”
“I don’t believe they thought of that.”
“That’s not surprising, after all; especially as we didn’t think of it ourselves till the last moment.”
“That’s odd, too. It seems now as though it ought to have been the very first thing to think of.”
“Well, the fact is, we had such a tough time this morning off that headland,” said Bart, pointing to the dark rocks which were full before them on their right, “that it’s no wonder if we gave up all ideas of ever hoisting sail again. However, it’s all right. And now what ought we to do?”
“There’s only one thing that we can do.”
“What’s that?”